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As Patrick and Dad have posted, we welcomed Finn Javier Mason into our family at 7:45 am Egyptian time on Thursday, Jan 24.

Finn is doing well and seems to be enjoying getting to know us. He and Patrick have already formed a close bond and have talked about when they’ll be going to their first baseball game. I’m feeling good and having lots of fun staring at Finn while he sleeps. All three of us are head over heels in love with each other.

Thanks for your well wishes. It’s wonderful to hear from so many great friends.

3 generations of redheads send you their warmest congratulations and feelings of pure joy. Finn is the perfect blend of both of you, nice job. Sleep when he does, have fun and try not to worry – babies/kids are lots tougher than their parents and kinda rubbery too. 🙂

Congratulations! He’s so handsome. (Kade’s hair was basically that color when he was born and as you know it’s now the color of Melissa’s. There’s hope.) Melissa, I’m glad you had a good birthing experience and that your wait is over. Enjoy him. He’ll grow so fast. My little man is going to be 3 in two months! Where has the time gone?

Congratulations, Patrick and Melissa! What a beautiful, ruddy-complected (what, pasty?), perfectly squeezable baby boy. The Grandmas must be in baby heaven. I’m so happy to hear that Finn arrived safely and healthily, if not exactly on the schedule you might have preferred. I’m sure Grandma LeAnn appreciates that he waited for her to arrive before making his grand appearance. 🙂

Many hugs and kisses. Finn is beautiful. Just a little thought: David greets Nicholas with “Good morning starshine the Earth says Hello!” on most mornings. I just love to hear him tell Nick good morning. I thought I would copy the song for you, maybe you’ll begin the same tradition. It reminds me of “On the Day You Were Born.” book.

Good morning starshine
The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below

Good morning starshine
You lead us along
My love and me as we sing
Our early morning singing song

OH MY GOSH! What a beautiful Baby Boy! Finn is just adorable. Those precious cheeks are just too cute! We are so happy to hear that you three are doing well. Praise God! We share in your Joy! May God continue to bestow many blessings upon all of you. We are so proud to add Finn to the De Leon Clan. We can’t wait to meet him! Please post more pics and be sure to send Grandma De Leon home with an album full. We can’t wait to have the photo viewing party. If only Baby Finn was here for us too ooh and ahh over.
Patrick be sure and take good care of our Melissa. We know you two will be excellent parents! We love you all very much!
Please shower Finn with big hugs and kisses from his Uncle Joel, Aunt Betty, Cousin Monica, Cousin Joey, and Whitney.

Thank you thank you! It’s so fun to share him with all of you. He’s doing well and we can’t stop staring at him, he’s so much fun. Yvette, thanks for that song, we’ll have to introduce him to it. Right now he’s asleep behind me while Led Zeppelin lullabies play softly. He’s getting cuter and cuter too. We’ll have to get some pictures with his eyes open, it’s enchanting.

We sent Mom home last night with 3 CD’s worth of photos and video to share with the family. We’ll be putting a bunch on Flickr this afternoon.

We’re all doing well. Finn is the most lovable little guy, and so far has proven resilient to all our inept parenting. I’m totally clueless, of course, but trying hard. Melissa is, as always, fantastic — Finn is one lucky kid. And Grandma Mason is offering sage wisdom at every turn. I think I saw her lip bleeding earlier, probably from biting it so often after watching all our mistakes. At one point she apologized for being a backseat driver, but I told her that they haven’t even given me my learner’s permit yet, so she should feel free to reach over the seat and drive all she can.

Hopefully we’ll get more pictures up tomorrow; we didn’t quite get to it today, between caring for Finn and just resting. At least we’re eating well — the women at church are taking turns bringing us dinners, and extremely good ones at that.